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Amy Adams

Amy Adams

Actor, also producer · Born August 20, 1974 (52) · Vicenza, Veneto, Italy

2 Golden Globes · Screen Actors Guild Award winner · Oscar nominee · 6 other major award bodies

Amy Lou Adams (born August 20, 1974) is an American actress. Known for both her comedic and dramatic roles, she has been featured three times in annual rankings of the world's highest-paid actresses. She has received various accolades, including two Golden Globe Awards. She has been nominated for six Academy Awards, seven British Academy Film Awards, and two Primetime Emmy Awards. Adams began her career as a dancer in dinner theatre, a pursuit she followed from 1994 to 1998. They made her film debut with a supporting part in the dark comedy Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999). She made guest appearances on television and took on roles as the "mean girl" in low-budget feature films. Her first major role was in Steven Spielberg's biopic Catch Me If You Can (2002), but she was unemployed for a year afterwards. Her breakthrough came when she portrayed a loquacious pregnant woman in the independent comedy-drama Junebug(2005), for which she received her first Academy Award nomination. The musical fantasy film Enchanted (2007), in which Adams played a cheerful princess-to-be, marked her first success in a leading role. She followed it by playing other naïve, optimistic women in films like the drama Doubt (2008). Subsequently, she played more assertive parts, earning positive reviews, in the sports film The Fighter (2010) and the psychological drama The Master (2012). From 2013 to 2017, she portrayed Lois Lane in superhero films set in the DC Extended Universe. She won two consecutive Golden Globe Awards for Best Actress for playing a seductive con artist in the crime film American Hustle (2013) and painter Margaret Keane in the biopic Big Eyes (2014). Further acclaim came for playing a linguist in the science fiction film Arrival (2016), a self-harming reporter in the HBO miniseries Sharp Objects (2018), and Lynne Cheney in the satire Vice (2018). Adams' stage roles include the 2012 revival of Into the Woods at the Public Theatre and the 2022 West End revival of The Glass Menagerie. In 2014, she was named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time and featured in the Forbes Celebrity 100 list. Description above from the Wikipedia article Amy Adams, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
August 20, 1974 (52)
From
Vicenza, Veneto, Italy
Works as
Actor, also producer
Titles
59 on MovieCove · 73 credits in all
TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26Down 26% in 30 days

What are Amy Adams' films like?

Across their 47 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.

What they feel like to watch

their average across 45 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

A split, not a type: Light 18 · Serious 14 · Dark 13

A split, not a type: Grounded 17 · Stylized 15 · Heightened 13

Gentle 14 · Charged 18 · Intense 13

A split, not a type: Steady 22 · Shifting 19 · Whiplash 4

Straight-faced 15 · Some laughs 19 · Funny 11

Slow burn 20 · Even-paced 22 · Relentless 3

A split, not a type: Casual 25 · Engaged 13 · Full focus 7

A split, not a type: Easy watch 19 · Affecting 11 · Heavy 15

Resolved 30 · Open-ended 9 · Ambiguous 6

Roles they play

32 analyzed roles

Usually the Hero: 12 of 32 analyzed roles.

Hero
12 of 32
Ally
7 of 32
Shadow
3 of 32
Mentor
3 of 32
Herald
3 of 32
Shapeshifter
3 of 32
Threshold guardian
1 of 32
Show the 32 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
19
Melancholic
23
Joyful
13
Hopeful
17
Bittersweet
11
Other
52

How their films end · 8 with a twist

  • Happy15
  • Bittersweet26
  • Ambiguous6

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Amy Adams' films?

As of October 24, 2026, 43 of their 59 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (12).

Subscription and free streaming for Amy Adams' titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

73 credits, 59 with a MovieCove page; 33 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Star Wars: Starfighter (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2027)

    Actor

  • Klara and the Sun(2026)

    as Chrissie

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films
  • Cape Fear(2026)

    Show 10 episodes · Executive Producer · as Anna Bowden

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all shows
  • At the Sea(2026)

    as Laura

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films
  • Charlotte's Web(2025)

    Show 3 episodes · as Charlotte (voice)

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all shows
  • Nightbitch(2024)

    Producer · as Mother

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films
  • Disenchanted(2022)

    Producer · as Giselle

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films
  • Sam & Kate(2022)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films
  • Dear Evan Hansen(2021)

    as Cynthia Murphy

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films
  • The Woman in the Window(2021)

    as Anna Fox

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films
  • Hillbilly Elegy(2020)

    as Bev

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films
  • Vice(2018)

    as Lynne Cheney

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films
  • Sharp Objects(2018)

    Show 8 episodes · Executive Producer · as Camille Preaker

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows
  • Justice League(2017)

    as Lois Lane

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films
  • Arrival(2016)

    as Louise Banks

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
  • Nocturnal Animals(2016)

    as Susan Morrow

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films
  • Everything Is Copy(2015)

    as Julie Powell

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films
  • Big Eyes(2014)

    as Margaret Keane

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films
  • Lullaby(2014)

    as Emily

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films
  • Her(2013)

    as Amy

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films
  • American Hustle(2013)

    as Sydney Prosser

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films
  • Journey of Discovery: Creating Man of Steel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Actor

  • Man of Steel(2013)

    as Lois Lane

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films
  • The Frame (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Show 1 episode · as Lois Lane

  • Wide-Awake (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    as The Light-Bringer

  • Trouble with the Curve(2012)

    as Mickey Lobel

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films
  • The Master(2012)

    as Peggy Dodd

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films
  • On the Road(2012)

    as Jane / Joan Vollmer

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films
  • The Muppets(2011)

    as Mary

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films
  • The Fighter(2010)

    as Charlene Fleming

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
  • Love & Distrust(2010)

    as Charlotte Brown (segment "Pennies")

    Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films
  • Leap Year(2010)

    as Anna Brady

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films
  • Moonlight Serenade (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    as Chloe

  • Monkey Mischief (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    as Amelia Earhart

  • Julie & Julia(2009)

    as Julie Powell

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films
  • Sunshine Cleaning(2008)

    as Rose Lorkowski

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films
  • Doubt(2008)

    as Sister James

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films
  • Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day(2008)

    as Delysia LaFosse

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films
  • Charlie Wilson's War(2007)

    as Bonnie Bach

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films
  • Enchanted(2007)

    Songs · as Giselle

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films
  • Underdog(2007)

    as Polly Purebred (voice)

    Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films
  • The Ex(2006)

    as Abby March

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films
  • Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny(2006)

    as Gorgeous Woman

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films
  • Pennies (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    as Charlotte Brown

  • Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films
  • Junebug(2005)

    as Ashley

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films
  • The Office(2005)

    Show 3 episodes · as Katy

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all shows
  • The Wedding Date(2005)

    as Amy Ellis

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films
  • Standing Still(2005)

    as Elise

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films
  • Dr. Vegas (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Show 10 episodes · as Alice Doherty

  • The Last Run(2004)

    as Alexis

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films
  • Catch Me If You Can(2002)

    as Brenda Strong

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
  • Serving Sara(2002)

    as Kate

    Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films
  • Pumpkin(2002)

    as Alex

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films
  • The Slaughter Rule(2002)

    as Doreen

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films
  • Smallville(2001)

    Show 1 episode · as Jodi Melville

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all shows
  • Cruel Intentions 2(2000)

    as Kathryn Merteuil

    Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all films
  • Psycho Beach Party(2000)

    as Marvel Ann

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films
  • The Chromium Hook (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    as Jill Royaltuber

  • The West Wing(1999)

    Show 1 episode · as Cathy

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows
  • Drop Dead Gorgeous(1999)

    as Leslie Miller

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films
  • Zoe, Duncan, Jack and Jane (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    Show 1 episode · as Dinah

  • Providence (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    Show 1 episode · as Rebecca 'Becka' Taylor

  • Charmed(1998)

    Show 1 episode · as Maggie Murphy

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all shows
  • That '70s Show(1998)

    Show 1 episode · as Kat Peterson

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows
  • Buffy the Vampire Slayer(1997)

    Show 1 episode · as Cousin Beth

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows
  • King of the Hill(1997)

    Show 1 episode · as (voice) · as Dawn's little Musician (voice) · as Merilynn / Sunshine (voice) · as Misty (voice)

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all shows
  • Kings of America (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Show 1 episode · Executive Producer · Actor

  • Lazy Susans (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Producer · Actor

  • Manchester Prep (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Show 3 episodes · Actor

Career shape

Star power in the 99th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 73 titles, 69 of them dated from 1988 to 2026; peak year 2008.

Film career

MilestoneAward winNomination
19882026

Peak 2008 · back in prominent film roles after a quiet stretch. Top draw in 34 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

  • 1999Screen debut· Drop Dead Gorgeous
  • 2005First top-billed film· Junebug
  • 2005Oscar nomination· Junebug
  • 2007Golden Globe nomination· Enchanted
  • 2008Oscar nomination· Doubt
  • 2010Oscar nomination· The Fighter
Show 9 more milestones

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting72 of 73: 65 only acting, 7 with another role · typical Midcredits score72ndProducing7 of 73: 1 only producing, 6 with another role · typical Midcredits score36thOther crew1 of 73: 0 only other crew, 1 with another role

73 titles, 7 with more than one role — acting and producing overlap on 6 of them.

By decade

1980s1 · acting1990s8 · acting2000s28 · 28 acting · 1 crew2010s21 · 21 acting · 1 crew2020s11 · 10 acting · 4 crew

Billing

usually 3rd · top billed in 25% of 44 roles
9904091419

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

Awards

2 Golden Globes, a Screen Actors Guild Award and 6 other major awards from 50 major nominations, 2005–2025.

WinNomination
  1. 2025
    • Golden Globe, nominated · Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
    • +1 other major body · 1 nomination
      • Independent Spirit Award, nominated · Best Lead Performance
  2. 2021
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
  3. 2019
    • Oscar, nominated · Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Limited Series
    • Golden Globe, nominated · Best Performance by an Actress in a Limited Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television
    • Golden Globe, nominated · Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
    • BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Supporting Actress
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Limited Series
    • +2 other major bodies · 1 win and 2 nominations
      • Producers Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Producer of Limited Series Television
      • Critics Choice Award, won · Best Actress in a Movie Made for Television or Limited Series
      • Critics Choice Award, nominated · Best Supporting Actress
  4. 2017
    • Golden Globe, nominated · Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama
    • BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Leading Actress
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
  5. 2016
    • Critics Choice Award, nominated · Best Actress
  6. 2015
    • Golden Globe, won · Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical
    • BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Leading Actress
  7. 2014
    • Oscar, nominated · Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
    • Golden Globe, won · Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical
    • BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Leading Actress
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, won · Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
    • +1 other major body · 1 win
      • Critics Choice Award, won · Best Actress in a Comedy
  8. 2013
    • Oscar, nominated · Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
    • Golden Globe, nominated · Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
    • BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Supporting Actress
    • +1 other major body · 1 nomination
      • Critics Choice Award, nominated · Best Supporting Actress
Show 6 earlier years
  1. 2012
    • Critics Choice Award, won · Best Song
  2. 2011
    • Oscar, nominated · Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
    • Golden Globe, nominated · Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
    • BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Supporting Actress
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
    • +1 other major body · 1 nomination
      • Critics Choice Award, nominated · Best Supporting Actress
  3. 2009
    • Oscar, nominated · Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
    • Golden Globe, nominated · Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
    • BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Supporting Actress
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
    • +1 other major body · 1 nomination
      • Critics Choice Award, nominated · Best Acting Ensemble
  4. 2008
    • Golden Globe, nominated · Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical
    • +1 other major body · 2 nominations
      • Critics Choice Award, nominated · Best Actress
      • Critics Choice Award, nominated · Best Song
  5. 2006
    • Oscar, nominated · Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
    • +2 other major bodies · 2 wins
      • Critics Choice Award, won · Best Supporting Actress
      • Independent Spirit Award, won · Best Supporting Female
  6. 2005
    • Sundance award, won · Dramatic

Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.

How do Amy Adams' films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 66th percentile, the median of all 49; across their 45 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 68th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

68thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 45

Approval · how many liked their films

71stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 45

Reach · how many have seen their films

95thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 45

Midcredits score across 59 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up27
  • 50th to 74th11
  • 25th to 49th15
  • Below 25th6

Shape of the crowd

28 of their 59 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved10
  • Divisive2
  • Cult Classic1
  • Crowd Pleaser28
  • Broadly Agreed2
  • Mixed16

Reviewers score the acting 75/100 in their films, across 43 reviewed titles; fans 83, detractors 53. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Amy Adams' work okay for kids?

Across up to 37 MovieCove titles with content scores, profanity runs heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore32 titles17–71 · median 39 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity37 titles14–67 · median 33 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity32 titles20–78 · median 53 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs31 titles8–87 · median 34 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense32 titles12–64 · median 38 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Amy Adams work with?

People who share at least 2 of Amy Adams' MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Charles Roven shares the most, 5.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles